Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

The language used with DTrace is not likely to be a threat. It's been
around for awhile and any press it got before doesn't seem to have done
much for it. Besides it's pretty much a domain specific language. It's
not a D competitor at all.
-JJR

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

The language used with DTrace is not likely to be a threat. It's been
around for awhile and any press it got before doesn't seem to have done
much for it. Besides it's pretty much a domain specific language. It's
not a D competitor at all.

identically named languages will screw up search results, and
conversations with the uninformed.
In short just how will http://www.google.com/codesearch react? DTrace D
programing language have a much higher probability of becoming known to
the large masses, will it's fame and domain specific use taint "our" D?
So point is still; I think another name like "Mars D" that is more
unique will prove more useful in the long run. The odds of Sun changing
their name is nil and void.
// Fredrik Olsson

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And
I also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

The language used with DTrace is not likely to be a threat. It's been
around for awhile and any press it got before doesn't seem to have
done much for it. Besides it's pretty much a domain specific
language. It's not a D competitor at all.

identically named languages will screw up search results, and
conversations with the uninformed.
In short just how will http://www.google.com/codesearch react? DTrace D
programing language have a much higher probability of becoming known to
the large masses, will it's fame and domain specific use taint "our" D?
So point is still; I think another name like "Mars D" that is more
unique will prove more useful in the long run. The odds of Sun changing
their name is nil and void.
// Fredrik Olsson

-JJR

If at all possible, I think it would be good to get "D Programming
Language" trademarked, and then ask DTrace folks nicely once more to
stop using the name. Heck, it must annoy them more than it annoys us.
Search for "D programming language" turns up nothing but links to this
D. Really it would be more a service to their community than ours for
them to stop calling it "D programming language".
Googling a bit, I see the Wikipedia page calls them "DTrace scripts" and
not the "D programs", and doesn't even mention "The D Programming
Language". And the opensolaris page about dtrace has links to "DTrace
Scripts" not D scripts or D language scripts.
But the extension used does seem to be .d (when it's not nothing), so
google code searches might get confused. Google has to deal with that
already, though, when it comes to .h files. I suspect they use some
sort of heuristic to determine what language something really is. For D
vs DTrace should be pretty easy:
contains more 'import','//','/+','class','opThisOrThat' -> it's D.
contains more '#', 'fi', '$', '::', ':::' -> it's DTrace.
Not that hard to differentiate automatically with a few regexps and a tally.
A previous thread on this:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
--bb

So point is still; I think another name like "Mars D" that is more
unique will prove more useful in the long run.

"Mars D" seems to tie the language to a single implementation. In the long
run, that probably isn't ideal.

/single implementation/ to me than "Mars D".
In my ears it has a nice ring to it, pays homage to it's roots, let it's
users continue to just say D, and is not already taken as a programming
language name.
But hey, call it whatever, it is just a name. I just wanted to point out
that "D programming language" may not be the best choice.
// Fredrik Olsson

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And I
also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

Maybe it will boost our tiobe index ratings :)

lol
Or maybe TOIBE will drop D because it's too hard to get an automated bot
to tell the two languages apart.

Go to this page: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index.html
And search for: "D programming language".
I am pretty sure it is not our beloved D they are talking about. And
I also think /the other D/ will probably get more press, and sooner.
Branding problem? Google hits? Etc?
I still think that "Mars D" could be a more unique name.
// Fredrik Olsson

Maybe it will boost our tiobe index ratings :)

Oh... man, you might be just right about that...
dtrace does show up on google now and again... maybe we are getting some
false highs there?
-JJR